The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26
UTAH AND STATEHOOD.

Lake City, a strong adherent of the
Mormon Church, is now visiting
Cleveland, Ohio. and in an inter
view with n New York Tribune
correspondent, in that city, in ref
erence to the effort being made by
the Mormons to have Utah admit
ted as state, said:
Yes. all possible devices calculated tn
hoodwink the authorities are praciicrd ly
the Mormons. They feel that the issue
lies between the law Of man and the law
of God. and they prefer the brief punish
ment on earth to eternal damnatiOn here
after. We consider polygamv a divine
Injunction, and one on which our welfare
beyond the grave most particularly de-
ponds, and pOlvgamy cannot be crushed
out by any weight of law.
Yes, we are anxious to GET into the
Union. We know that our troubles would
then be practically over. OF course we
have good deal more than the necessary
population. and the democrats are anx
ious tn have US in as soon as the scheme
can possibly be worked They want
control of the senate and they want our
electoral votes, and We are ready to give
them what they ask. An agreement has
been made between our people and the
democratic party managers that in case
Utah is admitted our senators and rep
resentatives will act on the democratic
side, and our electoral vote is to be given
the same way. In return we are TO he
let slone. know that President Cleve-
L. r.
policy, and that the cabinet agrees with
him.
OF course parties are nothing to us: all
we want is a chance to cling TO our faith
undisturbed. and We are ready TO grasp
at any political means for bringing such
result AS the Edmunds law is purely
republican measure we have nothing to
hope for from that party-hence the bar
gain and sale to the democracy.
1t is more than probable that
Bishop Mcknight was indulging in
a little bombast in stating that
bargain and sale had been made
whereby the democratic party man
ayers agree to admit Utah as
state and in return for the electoral
vote let the Mormons alone. In
the closing year of the present adj
ministration the party in power
will hardly allow any mistake to
be made that will imperil success
next November. Ordinarily the |
solid South may be safely counted
for the democracy, but in some of
the southern states, notably Ala
bama, a great deal depends upon
the democratic national platform
against the principles of protec
ton. The Admission (Ala.) Hot
Blast says:
On free trade, gold bug platform the
democracy will he defeated, no matter
who may be placed at the head of The
ticket.
Alabama is also intensely al IL
as witness the proceed
ings in the town of Calera only |
last Sunday, when six Mormon
elders engaged in PROSECUTING in
that section so aroused the indig- |
nation and wrath of the people that
two Of the elders were tarred and |
while the remainder were
chased into the woods bv hounds
and kept there during the night.
With this feeling extant iii Ala
bama, and fast growing opposi-
ton to free trade, the democratic
managers" will hardly let the as
sertion of Bishop Mcknight, that
they have made a barter and sale
for the Mormon vote, become con
firmed by admitting Utah as state,
thereby acknowledging ''polygamy
A divine injunction which cannot be
crushed out by any weight of law"